Page 2 - Executive Profile – Ron Foxcroft

By Heather Romito BUYING FLUKE WAS NO FLUKE

or most people who know Ron Foxcroft,
Foxcroft is thankful for the diploma, but even more
it wouldn’t surprise them to learn that he
so for the expulsion, which caused him to worry so
Fbegan his entrepreneurial pursuits in high
much about his employability that he decided to
school. However, it might surprise them to learn
become his own boss. He recalls his parents telling
that he was expelled for those pursuits.
him that he “didn’t have to be the smartest guy,

just the hardest working”. He took that to heart,
Today, Foxcroft is a globally known inventor and
and with a loan from a friend, he purchased Fluke
owner of Fox 40 International. He also owns the
Transportation in 1983. In 2020, Fluke celebrated
successful Hamilton, Ontario-based logistics
their 100th year in Hamilton and was named
company, Fluke Transportation Group, with the
Carrier of the Year by both Proctor and Gamble and
famous slogan “If It’s On Time……It’s A Fluke”. He is
Coca-Cola.
also the proud recipient of a high school diploma

from the very institution that expelled him. The
And while Fluke has become a well-reputed
diploma was granted to him on June 26, 2013 – 50
logistics company throughout Southern Ontario,
years from the date of his expulsion – and he still
it was his astonishing, long-time basketball
stays in touch with fellow members of that year’s
refereeing career and resulting pea-less whistle
graduating class.

Photo supplied by Fox 40 and Fluke Transport

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